[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

valedictory \val`edic"tory\, a.
   bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of
   leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

valedictory \val`edic"tory\, n.; pl. valedictories.
   a valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in
   american colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating
   class, usually by the leading scholar.
   1913 webster
see also:
valedictories 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

valedictory
     adj 1: of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell; "a
            valedictory address"; "valedictory praise for his
            uniformly manly course"; "a suitable valedictory
            gesture"
     2: of a speech expressing leave-taking; "a valedictory address"
     n : a farewell oration delivered by the most outstanding member
         of a graduating class syn: valediction, valedictory
         address
see also:
valediction valedictory address 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

65 moby thesaurus words for "valedictory":
   godspeed, address, adieu, after-dinner speech, allocution, aloha,
   chalk talk, conge, debate, declamation, departing, diatribe,
   doch-an-dorrach, eulogy, exhortation, farewell, filibuster, final,
   forensic, forensic address, formal speech, funeral oration,
   good-bye, harangue, hortatory address, inaugural,
   inaugural address, invective, jeremiad, last, leave, leave-taking,
   leaving, oration, outward-bound, parting, parting words, pep talk,
   peroration, philippic, pitch, prepared speech, prepared text,
   public speech, reading, recital, recitation, sales talk,
   salutatory, salutatory address, say, screed, send-off, set speech,
   speech, speechification, speeching, stirrup cup, talk, talkathon,
   tirade, valediction, valedictorian, valedictory address,
   viaticum

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